[Fsf-friends] Welcome to RMS
Rakesh Ambati
rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com
Fri Dec 19 21:57:07 IST 2003
hi list,
raman, indeed rms is the source of all life and
energy of all of us(not for OSS folks,i guess ;-p ).
I was reading about this two chaps in LUG of
Iraq,those guys need support,encouragement from all of
us.I wish rms give his blessing too.
http://www.linuxjournal.com//article.php?sid=7320
--- Ramanraj K <ramanraj@md4.vsnl.net.in> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Arun wrote:
> >
> >RMS should be in india from Jan 16 to Feb 2nd.
> >Will be participating in WSF.
> >
> As per our Tamil Calendar, Pongal, the festival of
> harvest, when the sun
> is thanked, falls on Jan 15, 2004. It is remarkable
> that RMS, the Sun
> who heralded the Free Software movement will be
> visiting India at about
> the same time. The Sun shines on its own, and is
> the source of all life
> and energy. We all have more reasons to celebrate
> the harvest season
> the forthcoming month of Thai, and the popular tamil
> proverb goes "Thai
> piranthal vazhi pirakkum" - Thai is the harbinger of
> good tidings. We
> can hope that the visit of RMS to India, and the WSF
> meet will make a
> difference in all our lives.
>
> I am sure the FSF would have its prorammes and plans
> for the visit, but
> I would like to stress, that there should be more
> focus on presenting
> RMS and the activities of the FSF, to the media and
> to the public, so
> that there is a wider awarness about the value of
> the free software
> movement, that is being grossly unutilised in India.
> Newspapers have
> given excellent coverage in the past - I still
> remember an article by
> Satish Babu in the Hindu that was titled something
> like nothing is more
> appropriate for India, some two years ago. There
> was another article
> about the free software option last month in our
> papers.
>
> There should be a good built of an electrifying
> excitement over the
> visit of the chief guru of free software. I never
> knew that RMS had
> visited Chennai twice in the past, until recently.
> Even with my own
> limited knowledge, I know that RMS has travelled
> widely in India
> addressing the student community in several Indian
> Universities and
> colleges, and has visited culturally significant
> spots like,
> Mahabalipuram. RMS wrote that Belur-Halibedu took
> his breath away.
> There are several interesting facets of RMS that
> would connect him well
> with the common public of India, and it is high time
> that we make
> optimum use of his visit to promote use of free
> software as extensively
> as possible.
>
>
>
>
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